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liamdavis0527Aug 26, 2026

Anthropic phone screen, File Dedupe question (Q2)

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rshahAug 27, 2026

good luck, hope the rest goes smooth

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User-nyux0Aug 29, 2026

Why my first round will be System Design question? It is also titled system design on my interview dashboard. Is it a real system design or coding question?

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CrackInterviewSep 8, 2026

Did recruiter tell you it's a coding round or design round? Usually they will mark whether it is coding in the schedule

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nehadesaiAug 27, 2026

the notebook environment throws everyone off first time, wish they'd warn you more clearly beforehand

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User-faktlAug 27, 2026

yeah the lack of autocomplete got me for like 5 min before I adjusted

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CrackInterviewSep 8, 2026

Reply to @User-faktlWere you allowed to search python lib, like file system, OS, hash?

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arjunpatel1997Aug 26, 2026

culture round really is the wall for this company, technical fine here and still got stuck there

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User-98djiAug 26, 2026

did they ask you to implement content hashing from scratch or was a hash function provided?

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oliviabrownAug 26, 2026

had to write it myself, they gave a basic hash import but the dedup logic was all on me

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